Discover how post-Civil War America was a new world. Learn how African-Americans made political, social and economic progress in the face of violence.

Originally released by PBS, 2019. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 18, 2019.

Escaped Slave Turned Politician (3:38); --First Black Congressmen (4:21); -- Right to Education (3:16); -- Black Higher Education (2:08); -- Conditions Improve (3:12); -- Historic Church (2:36); -- White Backlash (4:54); -- Federal Government Response (3:31); -- White Supremacy (4:32); -- Party in Decline (2:07); -- Colfax Massacre (4:51); -- Democrats Seize Power (5:39); -- Civil Rights Setbacks (2:37); -- Fallen President Honored (2:00); -- Election of 1876 (5:05); -- Credits: Reconstruction: America After the Civil War - Episode 2 (1:01); .